The Kyoto Energy Park is an integrated renewable energy project planned for the Hunter Valley, 12-14 kilometres west of the township of Scone. It will generate energy via wind, solar and hydro resources.
The approval has given the green light for the development of 34 wind turbines, a 10 MW solar photovoltaic array, and a 1 MW closed loop hydro plant. The announcement was made by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally.
Once constructed, the project will have a capacity of 102 MW – enough to power 47,000 homes.
Pamada said that it is now in a position to procure technology partners, secure external finance, and progress to the construction stage. The Kyoto Energy Park Company, which is an entity of Pamada that owns the development rights for the project, also plans to apply for a generators license to supply 100 per cent renewable energy to the grid.
Article continues below…Kyoto Energy Park Project Manager Jamie Chivers said that Pamada is looking to increase its portfolio of wind and solar projects as well as integrating renewable energy into its residential developments. This will be on a micro scale though solar PV panels, and vertical access wind turbines.
He also said that Kyoto Energy Park was a tongue-in-cheek name given to the project around the time that then-Prime Minister John Howard was refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Pamada is a property company founded in 1984 that began as an architectural practice. The Kyoto Energy Park is the first Pamada project to utilise renewable energy, however the company's owner, Mark Sydney, had a substantial interest in a renewable company Blue Wheelers, which built 200 wind turbines in South Australia. The company has since been sold to Suzlon.
